In Brief: Watch out using Wordle copycat apps
Researchers at VPN company, PrivacyCo, have found that terms and conditions – particularly those tied to free versions of the game – often include a host of third-party trackers.
Researchers at VPN company, PrivacyCo, have found that terms and conditions – particularly those tied to free versions of the game – often include a host of third-party trackers.
“We must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they’re conducting on our children for profit,” Biden said. “It’s time to strengthen privacy protections, ban targeted advertising to children, demand tech companies stop collecting personal data on our children.” –US State of the Union
It can be hard to find a bright side in the news these days, but we try. So, while this Epsilon report finds that most marketers feel post-cookie changes will hurt their companies without helping consumer privacy, we’ll instead note that 67% are building a CDP to help address the problem. Similarly, Wiland reports that only 23% of companies have a post-cookie targeting solution in place, but we’ll point out that 66% are looking at first party data and 65% at contextual advertising as targeting alternatives.
Nearly one-third of major news publishers have blocked generative AI tools from reading their content. But that’s a drastic measure which could also exclude their results from conventional search engines. Microsoft has just given publishers the option to block access by Bing Chat without also removing their content from search results. We’ll see if competitors do the same.